"Everything You Know About the Indian Wars Is Wrong" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Jan 2020 10:26 p.m. PST |
"Most Americans know something about the Indian wars on the Western frontier, if only that a U.S. Army officer named George Armstrong Custer fought and died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Of course, Wild West subscribers know more than the average Joe about not only George Custer but also George Crook, Nelson Miles, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, the Battle of the Rosebud, Wounded Knee and many other events and personalities from the era (the latter half of the 19th century) when the U.S. Army collided with Western tribes. Yet the public conception of many episodes and aspects of the Indian wars is false. The problem stems in part from what I call "Everybody Knows" history —oft-repeated platitudes that have little basis in truth but are accepted as fact. Reiterate the same tale in enough films, TV shows, books and magazines, and it becomes "true" by dint of saturation. The Western Indian wars are replete with examples of this phenomenon…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Wackmole9 | 23 Jan 2020 7:42 a.m. PST |
Hi A nice general article but he seem to miss the main factor in the war in the American west. The Politicians in the the East and Public sentiment. It flow from kill them all to we should disband the army and leave the west to the Indians. He does mention the change in rain fall from before the Civil war to after. Horse and Buffalo need a lot grass and water. Two book that I suggest are Cheyenne War: Indian Raids On The Roads To Denver 1864-1869 by jeff Bloome The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado by Elliott West |
Tango01 | 23 Jan 2020 11:45 a.m. PST |
Many thanks!. Amicalement Armand
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Old Glory | 23 Jan 2020 9:42 p.m. PST |
Apparently, everything we thought we knew about everything is wrong ??? Russ Dunaway |
Max Schnell | 24 Jan 2020 7:34 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 24 Jan 2020 11:56 a.m. PST |
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